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“The awareness related to bullying and mental health is a worldwide campaign that is never-ending but also needs more people and organisations to help with advocating and facilitating discussions,” says Carol Todd, Amanda's mother and founder of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society.

“There are many people, both young and old, who are suffering the effects of depression and other effects of mental health.

"It’s time we were more open in our conversations and we need to decrease the potential for tragic stories.”

World Mental Health Day is a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy.

The first World Mental Health Day was held in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organisation with members and contacts in more than 150 countries.

The theme for World Mental Health Day 2017 is workplace wellbeing, as a large proportion of adult lives are spent in the workplace.

'Four-in-ten adults and one-in-ten children'

Cllr Iseult Roche, Lead Councillor for Project Aspire, Health, Safeguarding and Sport said: “Within the UK it’s estimated that one in four adults and one in ten children are likely to have mental health problems which affects their ability to sustain relationships, work, or just get through the day.

"Mental Health Awareness Day is an innovative way of raising the issues that surround attitudes to mental health."

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